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New Wind Energy Project Approved for AZ

July 11, 2013 |
Department of the Interior

The Department of the Interior has approved a major wind energy project in northwestern Arizona—about 40 miles northwest of Kingman—as part of an overall national effort to reduce carbon emissions. The wind farm will contain 243 wind...

Warm and dry conditions continued across Arizona and New Mexico over the past 30 days, according to the June Southwest Climate Outlook from CLIMAS. Temperatures were more than 3 degrees above normal in most of both states, and precipitation was less than 5 percent of average in almost all of Arizona and most of New Mexico...

In an attempt to help America’s farmers, ranchers and forest owners adapt to climate change, the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) created the world’s largest dataset of soil carbon levels. The soil carbon dataset, known as the Rapid Carbon Assessment (RaCA...

Five southern California water agencies plan to substantially reduce their dependence on water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay-Delta and Colorado River systems by 2035, according to a new report by the Natural Resources Defense Council. The...

Many studies have projected declines in Colorado River streamflow, but the range of these projections is large, from less than 10 percent reduction to as much as 45 percent by the middle of this century. A new study, published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, aimed to understand...

Snowfall in Los Angeles-area mountains is expected to decline by about 42 percent by mid-century if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise at their current rate, altering important hydrological and ecological processes downstream, according to a new study conducted by...

President Obama introduced a new climate action plan yesterday, outlining ways in which the U.S. will reduce its carbon emissions, as well as plans for adapting to climate change impacts. In order to reduce carbon emissions from power plants, Obama is directing the EPA—starting this year and continuing through 2016—...

Drought conditions worsened in the West during the March-May spring season, as precipitation was much below normal in the majority of the Southwest, according to the Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook report from NOAA. Temperatures were above to much-above normal in Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, and western New...

The amount of dust in the air is increasing in the western U.S., most likely due to increased aridity, wind transport, and human activity. The new research, published in the journal Aeolian Research, is corroborated by evidence showing increases in the frequency of dust storms and low-visibility days. The...